diff --git a/ncm-network/src/main/perl/nmstate.pm b/ncm-network/src/main/perl/nmstate.pm
index 0bcbd3379a..e13f3a1388 100644
--- a/ncm-network/src/main/perl/nmstate.pm
+++ b/ncm-network/src/main/perl/nmstate.pm
@@ -296,6 +296,31 @@ sub generate_vip_config {
     return $iface_cfg;
 }
 
+# private sub to extract vlan id from name
+# i.e given eth0.123 return 123
+sub _get_vlan_id {
+    my ($self, $name) = @_;
+    return $1 if ($name =~ m/\.(\d+)$/);
+}
+
+# find vlan id from either the name or device.
+# i.e eth0.123 will return 123. by checking iface name and device
+# returns vlan id.
+sub find_vlan_id {
+    my ($self, $iface, $device) = @_;
+    # a vlan interface can defined in two ways
+    # interface/name.vlanid/
+    # or interface/name/device=device.vlanid
+    # replace everything up-to and including . to get vlan id of the interface.
+    # favors ifacename.vlanid, then device.vlanid
+    my $vlanid = $self->_get_vlan_id($iface);
+    # if vlanid is empty here, lets check if device has vlan id.
+    if ((! $vlanid) && ($device)) {
+        $vlanid = $self->_get_vlan_id($device);
+    }
+    return $vlanid;
+}
+
 # generates the hashrefs for interface in yaml file format needed by nmstate.
 # bulk of the config settings needed by the nmstate yml is done here.
 # to add additional options, it should be constructed here.
@@ -330,10 +355,11 @@ sub generate_nmstate_config
             $ifaceconfig->{state} = "up";
         }
     } elsif ($is_vlan_eth) {
-        my $vlan_id = $name;
-        # replace everything up-to and including . to get vlan id of the interface.
-        # TODO: instead of this, should perhaps add valid-id in schema? but may not be backward compatible for existing host entreis, aqdb will need updating?
-        $vlan_id =~ s/^[^.]*.//;;
+        my $vlan_id = $self->find_vlan_id($name, $iface->{device});
+        # if vlan_id is empty, error
+        if (! $vlan_id) {
+            $self->error("Could not find vlan id for vlan device $name");
+        }
         $ifaceconfig->{type} = "vlan";
         $ifaceconfig->{vlan}->{'base-iface'} = $iface->{physdev};
         $ifaceconfig->{vlan}->{'id'} = $vlan_id;
diff --git a/ncm-network/src/test/perl/nmstate_advance.t b/ncm-network/src/test/perl/nmstate_advance.t
index 5705775d28..e4dc8a6e6a 100644
--- a/ncm-network/src/test/perl/nmstate_advance.t
+++ b/ncm-network/src/test/perl/nmstate_advance.t
@@ -86,6 +86,32 @@ routes:
     next-hop-interface: eth0.123
 EOF
 
+Readonly my $VLAN0_YML => <<EOF;
+# File generated by NCM::Component::nmstate. Do not edit
+---
+interfaces:
+- ipv4:
+    address:
+    - ip: 4.3.2.1
+      prefix-length: 24
+    dhcp: false
+    enabled: true
+  name: vlan0
+  profile-name: vlan0
+  state: up
+  type: vlan
+  vlan:
+    base-iface: eth0
+    id: '123'
+routes:
+  config:
+  - next-hop-interface: vlan0
+    state: absent
+  - destination: 1.2.3.4/32
+    next-hop-interface: vlan0
+EOF
+
+
 Readonly my $DHCP_YML => <<EOF;
 # File generated by NCM::Component::nmstate. Do not edit
 ---
@@ -178,4 +204,6 @@ is($bondyml, $BOND_YML, "Exact bond0 yml config");
 my $vlanyml = get_file_contents("/etc/nmstate/eth0.123.yml");
 is($vlanyml, $VLAN_YML, "Exact eth0.123 vlan yml config");
 
+my $vlanyml2 = get_file_contents("/etc/nmstate/vlan0.yml");
+is($vlanyml2, $VLAN0_YML, "Exact vlan0  yml config");
 done_testing();
diff --git a/ncm-network/src/test/resources/nmstate_advance.pan b/ncm-network/src/test/resources/nmstate_advance.pan
index 3b297e1cbb..51c292963d 100644
--- a/ncm-network/src/test/resources/nmstate_advance.pan
+++ b/ncm-network/src/test/resources/nmstate_advance.pan
@@ -32,3 +32,10 @@ prefix "/system/network/interfaces/eth0";
 prefix "/system/network/interfaces/eth0.123";
 "physdev" = "eth0";
 "route/0" = dict("address", "1.2.3.4");
+
+# test vlan interface route on vlan for backward compatibily with network.pm
+"/system/network/interfaces/vlan0" = create("defaultinterface");
+prefix "/system/network/interfaces/vlan0";
+"device" = "eth0.123";
+"physdev" = "eth0";
+"route/0" = dict("address", "1.2.3.4");
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